A North Carolina trucking company accused of hauling hazardous materials without proper warning placards is asking a St. Francis County circuit judge for new trial or a reduced jury award to six first responders who worked a fatal accident. read more >
Wayne LaRue makes a federal case out of a $280 ticket given to him by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for having too wide of a footpath at his lakefront home on Greers Ferry Lake. read more >
Vision Technologies Inc., the military-grade camera technology company in Rogers, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation last month, listing $2.6 million in debts and just $136,000 in assets. read more >
The estate of an 11-year-old Arkansas boy killed when his stepfather crashed a company car has sued the company’s insurance carriers for payment of a $3.4 million judgment. read more >
The suit could signal a trend of Arkansas lawsuits over employer vaccine requirements. read more >
A Little Rock law firm appeals, again, a judge’s order cutting attorney fees. read more >
Facing an $88M fraud charge, lab owner Billy Joe Taylor says he welcomes his day in court. read more >
A former CEO of Advanced Tissue LLC of Little Rock says he doesn’t know why the wound care supply company closed and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in August, leaving hundreds out of work, but he wants to help find a solution to the ensuing legal fight. read more >
An intellectual property attorney notes a rise of copyright infringement lawsuits, which can be costly to companies. read more >
An Arkansan’s $500 investment in bitcoin ballooned to a purported $13,500 before it was revealed to be a scam. read more >
A recent Wisconsin jury award of $125 million against Walmart Inc. for failing to accommodate a longtime employee with Down syndrome will be lowered to $300,000, the maximum amount allowed under federal law. read more >
As Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley works through a backlog of cases that developed because of COVID-19 restrictions, he’s preparing for his last 18 months in office. read more >
A medical marijuana card holder is suing a northwest Arkansas hospital system for withdrawing a job offer after he tested positive for pot, and he says he’s not alone. read more >
As Arkansas’ fledgling medical marijuana industry passed $300 million in cumulative sales, its licensing system for cannabis businesses was taking fire in court, not least for granting a cultivation license to a company that didn’t legally exist. read more >
The estranged father-son relationship between Larry Crain Sr. and Chris Crain has escalated into a lawsuit on track for an expected trial date later this year. read more >
If the board of the defunct South Arkansas Youth Services Inc. of Magnolia had done its job, it could have prevented the CEO from using money for bribes and kickbacks, a lawsuit alleges. read more >
Arvest Bank accuses a Fulton County pig farmer of submitting false financial statements to obtain millions of dollars in loans to raise pigs, instead using the money for other debts. read more >
Walmart employees in several states are suing their employer, alleging they weren’t paid for the time they spent submitting to mandatory COVID-19 screenings before their shifts. read more >
An Irish company accuses Walmart Inc. of taking its secret technology to create a competing product to reduce errors and thefts at registers. read more >
Nearly six years ago, Sheila McCutcheon submitted paperwork for a loan reflecting a personal net worth of more than $1.4 million. Nineteen months later, she has filed a financial hardship statement asking to stop collection calls claiming, “My financial state is as low as it can get.” read more >
